Grants and Funding for Penn Anthropology Students: Finding Funding

See Annual register of grant support. 52nd ed. Medford, N.J. : Information Today, 2019.

Van Pelt Reference - Financial Aid. LB2338 .A558

Foundation Directory Online searches grantmakers, grants, and companies. In the grant search, narrow by Field of Interest, Location, or type in keywords to help find specific grants.

Grant Advisor Plus offers lists of grant opportunities with upcoming deadlines (accessible only on campus, through Penn IP addresses). If the link provided here does not work, you might need to enter and use the password updated monthly through Penn's Career Services - Online Subscriptions page.

grants.gov is a searchable database of funding opportunities available through all federal grant-making agencies. If you are new to applying for federal grants, it is worth reading the information under Grants 101 and watching the training videos before starting the application process.

Information about grant opportunities, program officers, and successful past recipients can be found through agency web pages as well:

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral & Economic Science Funding

American Anthropological Association - Fellowships and Support lists research funding, scholarships, honors and awards from AAA and other anthropology-related organizations.

Archaeological Institute of America - Grants and Awards llists scholarships, fellowships, and grants for research, publication, fieldwork, and site preservation, administered by the AIA, as well as a list of opportunities from other sources.

Wenner-Gren Foundation has a variety of grant programs, including Dissertation Fieldwork Grants. The Foundation's website also maintains a list of other grant and funding opportunities for anthropologists and archaeologists.

Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Fellowships and Prizes includes the prestigious International Dissertation Research Fellowship among others. 

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation connects to the Mellon's grants database, policies, guidelines, and grantee portal.

Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad each year, sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Boren Fellowships funds research and language study proposals by U.S. graduate students in world regions critical to U.S. interests (an initiative of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office)

The Leakey Foundation provides grants for Advanced Graduate students researching human origins. 

Council of American Overseas Research Centers offers CAORC Fellowships along with Overseas Research Center (ORC) fellowships, grants, and language and cultural programs specific to its region.

• College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grants

  Travel Grants support students who wish to present their research at scholarly meetings off campus and may be used to defray the cost of travel and/or conference registration fees to participate in an academic conference.
• SASgov Funding

  Funding opportunities for individuals, departments, and events from SASgov, a representative student government body for graduate students in all of the departments in Penn's School of Arts & Sciences
• GAPSA Funding Opportunities

  Individual and group funding from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly
• Penn Global Engagement Fund

  A competitive grant program that seeds creative, cross-disciplinary projects that will further Penn’s global initiatives
• Career Services - Find Funding Resources

  List of opportunities, including internships, for students.
• Penn Museum Student Field Funds

  maximum of $1050
• Price Lab for Digital Humanities Funding Opportunities

  Fellowships, course development support, and project incubation.
• The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies

  Gives priority to Penn students who have earned GSWS Graduate Certificate but some projects may be suitable.